Saturday was the annual Zonta Birthing Kit Packing Day that our church helps out with. One of my tasks as Stake Relief Society President was to liase with Zonta who use our chapel and make sure everything was ready to go. I went over on the Friday to open up and help set up, I had to organise someone to transport tables across from Garran but they really took care of nearly everything else.
Zonta raise the money for the birthing kits, get the necessary items and then the public and members come in and help assemble the kits. In the morning we fold a black plastic sheet that goes into a small ziplock bag. The black plastic is put on the ground so the mother can give birth onto a clean surface and not on the ground-this simple things stops babies from getting tetanus and reduces the mortality rate of babies by 60 percent. In the afternoon pieces of gauze, gloves, soap, string and a blade are packed into the ziplock bag. We pack 3000 kits in the one day, there is a real buzz to the room and it is just such a simple but valuable and worthwhile activity. We were packed up and cleaned up by about 4pm,
Saturday morning at Lyneham chapel everything is packed up and ready to go- just waiting for the volunteers to arrive at 10am.
Everyone hard at work, having fun and chatting away
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